RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-22 Thread ken dias
To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way? > > On 19/03/2011 17:57, André Warnier wrote: > > ken dias wrote: > >> > >> > >> I had installed Tomcat 6 with no problem. Then started having > >> problems, so uninstalled

Re: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-20 Thread Hassan Schroeder
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Robinson, Eric wrote: > So if I look in all the places you mentioned and I don't find any tomcat > files or links, is it safer to say that the package did not actually > install files outside the /opt/tomcat tree? > > Better yet, is there an easy way to look into

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-20 Thread Robinson, Eric
> > Not necessarily. I did an rpm -qlp on > tomcat-6.0.18-0.noarch.rpm. All > > the files it installs are in /opt/tomcat > > > > The files, yes. But it is highly likely that it installs > also links from /etc/tomcat, /usr/share/tomcat, > /usr/lib/tomcat, /var/lib/tomcat and so on. > At least

Re: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-20 Thread André Warnier
Robinson, Eric wrote: From looking at the server, it would appear that tomcat was installed using tomcat-6.0.18-0.noarch.rpm. Now you're in trouble. The 3rd-party repackaged versions of Tomcat typically scatter files all over, and then try to get things back together with symlinks. You're b

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-19 Thread Robinson, Eric
> > From looking at the server, it would appear that tomcat was > installed > > using tomcat-6.0.18-0.noarch.rpm. > > Now you're in trouble. The 3rd-party repackaged versions of > Tomcat typically scatter files all over, and then try to get > things back together with symlinks. You're better

Re: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-19 Thread Pid
On 19/03/2011 17:57, André Warnier wrote: > ken dias wrote: >> >> >> I had installed Tomcat 6 with no problem. Then started having >> problems, so uninstalled it and reinstalled but the icon does not >> appear on the taskbar and hence server does not work and localhost >> also. Not sure how to pr

Re: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-19 Thread André Warnier
ken dias wrote: I had installed Tomcat 6 with no problem. Then started having problems, so uninstalled it and reinstalled but the icon does not appear on the taskbar and hence server does not work and localhost also. Not sure how to proceed. Neither are we, unless you provide some precise in

Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-19 Thread ken dias
I had installed Tomcat 6 with no problem. Then started having problems, so uninstalled it and reinstalled but the icon does not appear on the taskbar and hence server does not work and localhost also. Not sure how to proceed. Thanks

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Robinson, Eric [mailto:eric.robin...@psmnv.com] > Subject: RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way? > From looking at the server, it would appear that tomcat was installed > using tomcat-6.0.18-0.noarch.rpm. Now you're in trouble. The 3rd-party repackaged versions of

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Robinson, Eric
> > I should be able to copy /opt/tomcat and /usr/java to the > new server, > > create the tomcat user, set permissions, and be on my way. No? > > Don't know about /usr/java, since that usually involves > symlinks; you should probably do an actual JRE or JDK install > for that. /opt/tomcat s

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Robinson, Eric [mailto:eric.robin...@psmnv.com] > Subject: RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way? > I should be able to copy /opt/tomcat and /usr/java to > the new server, create the tomcat user, set permissions, > and be on my way. No? Don't know about /usr/java

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Robinson, Eric
> > From: Robinson, Eric [mailto:eric.robin...@psmnv.com] > > Subject: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way? > > > If I have a working tomcat6 server, can I "install" tomcat6 > on a new > > server by simply copying a few files and directories over fro

RE: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Robinson, Eric [mailto:eric.robin...@psmnv.com] > Subject: Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way? > If I have a working tomcat6 server, can I "install" tomcat6 > on a new server by simply copying a few files and directories > over from the working server t

Installing Tomcat the Brute Force Way?

2011-03-18 Thread Robinson, Eric
Hey, here's a quick question (and possibly a stupid one, but I have a thick skin). If I have a working tomcat6 server, can I "install" tomcat6 on a new server by simply copying a few files and directories over from the working server to the new one and setting permissions? --Eric